Comments (0) Best New Skate Shop - 2008
Mission Skateboards
3045 24th St.
San Francisco, CA 94110
415-647-7888
With a half-dozen of them in San Francisco, skate shops are not exactly rare in this town. But the city has been missing a back-to-basics shop — that is, until Mission Skateboards opened late last year. Instead of overtly catering to money-burning sneakerheads the way other shops do, co-owner Thorin Ryan provides skateboarders with a firm-handshake sort of place. Skate videos old and new loop on a projection screen, and the clerks are always down for a sidewalk barbecue (beer provided!). The shop carries a healthy stock of decks by Deluxe and Girl Distribution, and a grip of wheels and trucks, including Ace. A knock to the store, though, is its limited shoe selection (only DC, Nike 6.0, Puma, and Converse). That's okay for the time being; get your Vans at FTC, but buy everything else here.
